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TIME LIMITS FOR LEAGUE MATCHES.
FOR 50 0VER AN INNINGS MATCHES THE TIME LIMIT IS 3 HOURS 15 MINUTES
FOR 45 OVERS THE TIME LIMIT IS 2 HOURS 56 MINUTES
FOR 40 OVERS THE TIME LIMIT IS 2 HOURS 36 MINUTES.
No allowances are given for anything other than a serious injury. Any lost balls have to be replaced promptly and no time is allowed for searching. Umpires can take into account any time wasting that may be made by the batting side, if that occurs.
ALL TWO COUNTIES RULES WILL BE THE SAME IN 2026 AS LAST YEAR. NO CHANGES AT ALL.
NON PLAYING SCORERS
FROM THE 2025 SEASON , CLUBS WILL BE FINED £20 IF THEY FAIL TO PROVIDE A SCORER FOR ANY MATCH (THAT HAS APPOINTED UMPIRES)
IF THEY FAIL TO PROVIDE A SCORER MORE THAN TWICE IN A SEASON, THE FINES WILL BE INCREASED.
UMPIRES HAVE TO REPORT THE MATTER TO GUS HUNNYBUN, ON THE UMPIRES REPORT ONLINE FORM, IF CLUBS DO NOT PROVIDE A NON PLAYING SCORER
SCOTT BUTTON ; sbutton@hotmail.co.uk
Also copy Mel in so a record can be kept.
mel.phair@tiscali.co.uk
PLANNING FOR 2027
WOOLPIT HAVE WON THE TWO COUNTIES DIV 1 TITLE.
FRINTON HAVE BEEN RELEGATED. BACK INTO THE TWO COUNTIES
WOOLPIT WON BY 174 RUNS AND GO INTO THE EAPL
11. 00 A.M. START.
DIVISION ONE : Teams that played in 2026
Bury St. Edmunds II , Clacton, Coggeshall , East Bergholt, Maldon,Mistley , Hadleigh, Halstead, Mildenhall,II, Wivenhoe, Woolpit, Worlington.
DIVISION TWO : Teams that played in 2026
Abberton, Braintree , Copdock II, Dunmow, Easton, Elmstead, Haverhill, Felixstowe, Ipswich, Kelvedon, Sudbury II , Witham II.
DIVISION THREE : Teams that played in 2026.
Bardwell, Chappel & W.C., Coggeshall II , Copford, Frinton II, Gt. Bromley , Ipswich & E.S., Kesgrave, Nowton, Long Melford, Walsham Le Willows, Woolpit II
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